Has my site been hacked, I wonder...
08/05/08 14:47 Coffee machine
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...by someone putting the phrase 'please call this man
and waste his time' on the front?
After my last entry I thought I'd heard the last of the loony PR fraternity but then I get another one.
"Hello", she says. "I want to talk to you about my entrepreneurial client."
"OK," I say. "Fire away."
"He's founded a club in London for businesspeople, because there was nothing else on offer except the Groucho Club," she says.
"There's the IoD," I say.
"That's different," she enthuses. "The IoD isn't geared up for meetings."
"Fifty-odd meeting rooms, two large coffee areas, a brasserie, sandwich bar and a formal restaurant and it's not geared up for meetings?" I respond.
"Oh well, it's not the same thing..." she says.
Only the Groucho indeed. Just the sort of thing to turn me into Victor Meldrew for the day.
Seriously, I welcome calls from PRs. I like getting them. I'm a nice man. But if you haven't bothered to find out the first thing about your client or their market before picking up the phone, don't expect me to be a pushover.
After my last entry I thought I'd heard the last of the loony PR fraternity but then I get another one.
"Hello", she says. "I want to talk to you about my entrepreneurial client."
"OK," I say. "Fire away."
"He's founded a club in London for businesspeople, because there was nothing else on offer except the Groucho Club," she says.
"There's the IoD," I say.
"That's different," she enthuses. "The IoD isn't geared up for meetings."
"Fifty-odd meeting rooms, two large coffee areas, a brasserie, sandwich bar and a formal restaurant and it's not geared up for meetings?" I respond.
"Oh well, it's not the same thing..." she says.
Only the Groucho indeed. Just the sort of thing to turn me into Victor Meldrew for the day.
Seriously, I welcome calls from PRs. I like getting them. I'm a nice man. But if you haven't bothered to find out the first thing about your client or their market before picking up the phone, don't expect me to be a pushover.
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Today's piece of lunacy...
06/05/08 13:49 Coffee machine
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The call comes in from a public relations executive. I
want to talk about our new client's word processor, she
says. Unlike Word, it looks for grammatical errors.
So does Word, I say.
No, look, it doesn't just do spelling. It does grammar.
Yes, so does Word, I say.
There's this long pause and she promises to send me an e-mail. I can hardly wait.
So does Word, I say.
No, look, it doesn't just do spelling. It does grammar.
Yes, so does Word, I say.
There's this long pause and she promises to send me an e-mail. I can hardly wait.